Inkadog

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It's been a cold wet spring here on the west coast of Canada,too--and added to that, a plague of tent caterpillars.That said, the salad greens are burgeoning, the foxgloves are superb, and hope springs eternal. The sun came out here for Canada Day yesterday, but now we are back to showers. The end of the week looks good, though.

I am happy to report that the worst of the tent caterpillar plague seems to be over in my garden--but yesterday when I went to collect the post, the top of the mailbox was covered with them. But that's down the hill and far away.

It was the front door from an old farmhouse that was being bulldozed. The bottom was cut off, though, so I had to reinforce it. I salvaged four solid wood interior doors as well, along with a lovely rhodo. It did well for a few years, then died in a drought.

Might put lattice above the pallets once they are planted up--haven't decided. Will be installing a watering sysem, and using plants I already have.

Raining here today, so won't be doing much outside--have a retirement lunch for an old collegue.

Here are some photos of my latest work in progress--to hide my pot storage and water tank. I plan to plant a vertical garden in the pallets, using ferns on the left[shadier side] and succulents like hens and chicks on the right side. I need to terrace steps in front first, and you can see the soil is rocks and gravel. The pots are temporary until I get the soil improved. The pallets and the gate were freefree!

Adam, coriander is the seed and cilantro the fresh leaves. Also,Excitable, French tarragon does not set seed, but can easily be grown from cuttings. The Russian stuff is useless. Tarragon needs to be wintered inside.